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Florida Bay Research Programs and Their Relation to the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (2002) / Chapter Skim
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... Its salinity is a function of direct rainfall and evaporation, inflow of Gulf of Mexico and Florida shelf water across its open western boundary, inflow of fresh water into the northeastern Bay by sheetflow and creeks fed by Taylor SIough and the C-~l canal (a major water conveyance canal, now intentionally blocked and the levees removed, on the southeast edge of Everglades National Park) , outflow through the Keys to the southeast, and saline groundwater discharge.
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... On the other hand, recent research suggests that some percentage of the proposed significant increase in fresh surface water flow through Shark River SIough will ultimately reach the central Bay by passing across the western boundary of the Bay after mixing with shelf water. It also is not clear how, or if, the CERP will affect the magnitude of groundwater fluxes to Florida Bay.
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... (~) Although it remains debatable how much new freshwater flow will enter the Bay proper because of the CERP, recent physical observations demonstrate that there is commonly a hydraulic connection, albeit with seawater mixing and a time lag, between Shark River Slough discharge and the interior of Florida Bay.
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... into forms that can be used by algae and macroscopic aquatic plants is needed to provide insight into the effects of increases in nutrient-bearing freshwater flows to the Bay. Quantifying the magnitude of nutrient loadings by source (e.g., organic soils oxidation, urban and agricultural runoff, and regional atmospheric deposition)
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  • taylor slough
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  • southern everglades
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